The WVU School of Nursing has teamed up with Suncrest United Methodist Church to launch a community initiative aimed at supporting vulnerable populations. Together, they are building and stocking “Blessing Boxes,” which are supply boxes placed in accessible community settings to provide free food and hygiene items to those in need.
Through a new pathway established with LevelUpWV, the WVU School of Nursing’s Beckley Campus will soon allow high school students to complete the first year of the nursing major during their junior and senior years.
Nineteen-year-old Baylee Jarrett has a lot on her plate from attending nursing school at WVU Potomac State College, running on their cross country team and being Miss West Virginia Teen USA® 2025.
The WVU School of Nursing will welcome Dr. Devon Noonan as the keynote speaker for the Kandzari Lectureship, set for Thursday, April 23, 2026. The lectureship, “Rural Health Nursing: Grounded in Community Based Solutions,” will be held at the WVU Health Sciences Center, Okey Patteson Auditorium.
Hillary Parcell, WVU School of Nursing Beckley Campus Chair, has been named one of WVU Tech’s Alumni of the Year. A 2008 graduate from WVU Tech, Parcell earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She has since earned her Master of Science in Nursing in 2011, and she is currently working toward her Doctor of Education in Leadership Studies.
Peggy Fink, an associate professor at the WVU School of Nursing Beckley Campus, has been selected as one of five 2025 Professor of the Year finalists by the Faculty Merit Foundation of West Virginia.
Kaelyn Wright, a WVU School of Nursing junior, has been selected for a study abroad scholarship by the Alpha Rho Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.
The WVU School of Nursing has received one of the top 100 rankings in the country by U.S. News & World Report for the Best Online Master’s in Nursing Programs for 2026.
For Joyce Frame, West Virginia University has always felt like home, even before she became a student. That lifelong connection recently led to a $50,000 planned gift to establish a namesake scholarship for out-of-state undergraduate students at the WVU School of Nursing.
Through a partnership starting this fall, the WVU School of Nursing is launching a rural counterpart to Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing’s “Inside Outside” program, which aims to empower nurses to meet patients where they are, drive health equity across all settings and champion the shift toward whole-person, community-based care.